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  • The Nanjing Belt [ 5th c aluminum artifact ]

    07/11/2011 8:15:58 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 67 replies
    Bizarre History Blog ^ | Saturday, July 9, 2011 | Beachcombing
    The Nanjing Belt was discovered in a tomb in 1952 around a skeleton. The tomb and the body dated to the Jin Dynasty that brings us back to the early centuries A.D (265-420) and luckily the name of the occupant was established through an inscription. He was one Zhou Chou (obit 297) who died fighting, of all people, the Tibetans. So far so easy: belts and even britches are common in graves around the world from the mysterious dragon buckles of Late Roman mercenaries to the ceremonial belts of the Lords of the Maya. In fact, the problems only really...